Jérémy Hénin (born 12 November 1977) is a French retired professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

Harfleur Harfleur () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It was the principal seaport in north-western France for six centuries, until Le Havre was built about five kilometres (three miles) downstream i ...

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...

, Hénin began his career with

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...

, debuting on 8 March 1997 in the 1–0

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

win at

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. He moved to Sedan in 2004, when the club was in

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, making his club debut in the 3–0 win against

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

on 16 August 2004. Hénin missed just six league games in his first two seasons at Sedan, with the club winning promotion in 2006. He returned to Le Havre in January 2007, where he would win Ligue 2 in 2008.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henin, Jeremy 1977 births Living people People from Harfleur Men's association football defenders French men's footballers Le Havre AC players CS Sedan Ardennes players Angers SCO players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Footballers from Seine-Maritime